Posted on May 22, 2024
CENTCOM bound: Army soldiers slated to test high-power microwaves against drone swarms - Breaking...
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After receiving four high-power microwave prototypes designed to stop drone swarms, the US Army is preparing to send them on to the Middle East to see how they perform, according to Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George.
Col. Dave Butler, a spokesman for the Army chief, later confirmed that once all the necessary approvals are in place, all four Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High-Power Microwave (IFPC-HPM) prototypes are bound for somewhere inside CENTCOM.
“The idea here is to get the soldier, developer and the tester sitting next to each other in a real-world environment adjusting the capability to make it better,” Butler added.
Col. Dave Butler, a spokesman for the Army chief, later confirmed that once all the necessary approvals are in place, all four Indirect Fire Protection Capability-High-Power Microwave (IFPC-HPM) prototypes are bound for somewhere inside CENTCOM.
“The idea here is to get the soldier, developer and the tester sitting next to each other in a real-world environment adjusting the capability to make it better,” Butler added.
CENTCOM bound: Army soldiers slated to test high-power microwaves against drone swarms - Breaking...
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Having worked in the T&E arena, this looks like a "rush job" to counter the relatively "new to the battlefield" threat posed by drones. Eventually, the technology will solve the various issues currently being presenting as well as those this "test bed" will reveal--soldier safety foremost among them. Not saying what they're doing is wrong. On the contrary, the need is immediate and critical. Foresee a future in which minimized, soldier-safe and effective systems are an integral part of our armored mauver systems.
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This Technique Isn't All That New, It Was Used On Us In Cuba In The Guantanamo Bay detention camp, As Far Back As The 1960's And Currently Believed The Russians Are Using It On Us, And Have Been Doing So For Decades... As We Probably Have Been Using It Too. ~~
This Isn't News, It's Almost A History Lesson, With A Twist In It's Use..
This Isn't News, It's Almost A History Lesson, With A Twist In It's Use..
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I have looked into swarm technology and programming, it's going to get rude on everyone.
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